| 词汇 | out on a limb |
| 释义 | out on a limbout on a limb ALONEalone and without help or support 孤立无援的 All the other countries signed the agreement, leaving Britain out on a limb. 其他国家都签署了协议，使英国处于孤立无援的境地。 He’d gone out on a limb (=taken a risk) to help us. 他冒险帮助我们。 Examples from the Corpus out on a limb• She was a chameleon, out on a limb, and had chosen a difficult camouflage.• And the only way you're going to fail is if you get out on a limb.• But going out on a limb is one thing-this is going out on a twig, going out ona leaf.• Breaking new ground often requires going out on a limb.• Until you came along, Century House was right out on a limb.• Junior was out on a limb.• It was about ninety pounds and he went out on a limb for it, too.• But only a purely wild man went out on a limb of four or five minutes. → out on a limb at limb(1) |
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